Maikel Garcia has had a season that would have been very hard to project. Before the 2024 season, a few people did try to predict he would hit like this, only for him to come up empty with a lackluster campaign. The 2025 season has been anything but lackluster. Garcia’s age-25 campaign has pushed him squarely into the small core of the Royals young position players, along with Bobby Witt Jr., Vinnie Pasquantino, and hopefully Jac Caglianone and Carter Jensen, that can be built around. That means it is time to start discussing if he is for real and if he should be locked up to a long-term deal and at what cost.

When Garcia came up for his first long look at the majors in 2023, he did a number of things well. The defense was obviously great, and he hit the ball hard. That is a pretty good f

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